page_title: Buff striped keelback
section_title: Bibliography
hierarchical_section_title: Buff striped keelback / Bibliography
caption_attribution_description: Buff-striped keelback, Amphiesma stolata, Family Colubridinae, Serpentes The snake has large round eyes with golden flecking and big pupils. Image taken on 17 Jul 06 in Binnaguri, Duars, northern West Bengal, India by AshLin. Self-work. CC2.5-Self work, attribution required. AshLin 11:51, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
context_page_description: The buff striped keelback is a species of nonvenomous colubrid snake found across Asia. It is the sole species of genus Amphiesma. It is a typically nonaggressive snake that feeds on frogs and toads. It belongs to the subfamily Natricinae, and is closely related to water snakes and grass snakes. It resembles an Asian version of the American garter snake. It is quite a common snake but is rarely seen.
context_section_description: Boulenger, George A. 1890. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Batrachia. Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, Printers). London. xviii + 541 pp. (Tropidonotus stolatus, pp. 348–349.)
  Boulenger, G.A. 1893. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families...Colubridæ Aglyphæ, Part. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, Printers). London. xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I.-XXVIII. (Tropidonotus stolatus, pp. 253–254.)
  Cox, Merel J.; Van Dijk, Peter Paul; Jarujin Nabhitabhata & Thirakhupt, Kumthorn. 1998. A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. Ralph Curtis Publishing. Sanibel Island, Florida. 144 pp.
  Daniels, J.C. 2002. Book of Indian Reptiles and Amphibians. BNHS. Oxford University Press. Mumbai.
  Das, I. 1999. Biogeography of the amphibians and reptiles of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. In: Ota, H. (ed) Tropical Island herpetofauna. Elsevier, pp. 43–77.
  Das, I. 2002. A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of India. Ralph Curtis Books. Sanibel Island, Florida. 144 pp. ISBN 0-88359-056-5. (Amphiesma stolatum, p. 19.)
  Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae. 10th Edition: 204 pp.
  Wall, Frank. 1921. Ophidia Taprobanica or the Snakes of Ceylon. Colombo Museum. (H.R. Cottle, government printer). Colombo. xxii + 581 pp.
  Whitaker, Romulus. 2006. Common Indian Snakes - A Field Guide. Revised edition. MacMillan India Ltd. New Delhi.
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